caténaire

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin catenāria, nominalised feminine of catenārius, from Latin catena (whence French chaîne).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.te.nɛʁ/

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Noun

caténaire f (plural caténaires)

1. overhead line
2. catenary

Further reading

• “caténaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.